NYT Connections Green Group Hint

We’re going to go out on a limb and say this is a pretty powerful visual clue. Will it get you to the finish line? That’s the catch—you still have to find the right words.
Need the verbal clue too? Maybe it’s because we slept funny and our back feels like it has something….oops, wait, that’s too much of a spoiler.
Give up? Yeah, think pain. Unfortunately that’s the quickest path to this solution. When you get that pain in your back and it feels like something’s lodged in there. Or stuck….
Today’s green group answer is Embed and its words are LODGE, PLANT, STICK, and WEDGE.