If you can't bend your knees in any of the ways above, try sitting on a blanket or meditation cushion, with your back against a wall, and simply straighten your legs gently out at a wide angle as shown at right, using rolled towels for support beneath your knees.
Hip replacement is currently the most common orthopaedic operation, though patient satisfaction short- and long-term varies widely. The average cost of a total hip replacement in 2012 was $40,364 in the United States, and about $7,700 to $12,000 in most European countries.
Laser skin resurfacing cost. The average cost of laser skin resurfacing is $2,330 for ablative and $1,031 for non-ablative (e.g., Fraxel), according to 2016 statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The cost of laser skin resurfacing may vary, and the aforementioned fees are the national average surgeon/physician fee only.