Needs help fast!

Okay, I have a closet grow going right now. My three plants are gettin too close to the lights due to height restrictions. I've done some LST'in where I tied them down in the past now most of the main stems are pretty thick and I'm scared to try to bend or anything w/o the risk of breaking. Is there anything any of you out there might suggest?

bend it anyway the plant will heal itself,slowly bend it over 3days so that it eases into the bend,just got to be careful to not to break it.bend it to 70degrees for like a day then50,45,40..............

Start bending it and dont be 'too' afraid. Bend it down to a point where you think the stem will just start to break. If you see it splintering a little thats where you need to stop. Give the plant a day or so to heal it back up and bend it some more. Make it a gradual process and it'll be fine

I'd like to first and foremost say thanx to all of you for responding (wacky, twisty and daisy lol) which haste, im very appreciative of it. At times it seems hard to come by a response, but we've all fell prey to that. But to go with what yall were saying about bending, im glad i had my thinkin cap on cause i had started doing that, im glad i found this site. I'll continue bending, it's heavy on the sativa side...that thing exploded in growth and now it's starting to show the first top bud. I'll keep you all posted