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.
During the total hip replacement surgery, doctors would replace the diseased joint with an artificial joint. Damaged femoral head is replaced and replaced with an artificial one having a metal stem that extends down the hollow shaft of the femur. The standard cost of total hip replacement surgery in India starts from $6200.