捩れる
ねじれる · nejireru · JLPT N1 · noun
turn
🧶 捩 = hand radical 扌 + 戻 (turn back): twisting something by hand
The same kanji appears in 捩じる (ねじる, to twist) and 捩り (ねじり, a twist). Both the physical twist and the strained sense come from turning something back on itself.