Yes I am that experienced. I did that decades ago, I began growing in either 1972 or 1973, and I have told many people about doing that, though I did it slightly different and I will explain, and untold numbers of people have laughed at me after hearing/reading about it.
I do not like damaging a stem to make a plant lay down so I wait until there is enough growth to bend the plants. I would either make a strong wire frame, like using a coat hanger or something similar but longer, and bend it so it would be close to the ground and then tie the plant to it as it grew. I tried using something that would run horizontal to the ground and I tried ones that were bent like an M but with more curved tops than pointy like the letter and I also would dig a shallow narrow trench, like an inch deep and an inch long, and would bend the stem until I could place the stem in the trench and then using a small U or V shaped piece of coated metal or plastic I would stake down the stem and cover it with soil. As the plant grew each location that was in a trench would push out new roots so as the plant grew it not only grew more above ground but also grew a larger more efficient root system.
Another way to do it, though not as stealthy but it works in say a vegetable garden, is to build a low trellis and when the plant grows up to the lowest wire tie it to the wire and then bend it and continue to tie it to the wire as it grows. Depending on how wide the trellis is you may be able to grow all on one wire and if it is narrow you can have several wires and when the plant reaches the end of the wire you let it grow up to the next wire and repeat what you had previously done.
The same basic thing can be done indoors with pots. You just need to grow from pot to pot, if doing the trench/rooting thing, or build/make something to attach wires to and then grow around and around and around and back and forth in something of an LST sort of system but without a net and keeping everything tied down more.