Utilizing a description from Osteopathy: Research and Practice to demonstrate working with the hip as well as expanding on the concept. The quote is as follows:
"85 We have a thigh bone out of its socket and pressed very closely to a point on the surface of the ilium. Bend the knee very slightly, place one hand under the foot and the other hand under the trochanter major; with the hand at the foot while the leg is bent, push knee up towards patient's face; put your chest or chin against the knee and with the hand under the foot pull towards you and with chin or chest push knee from you. At this time the head of the femur has been pressed or twisted out from the ilium. Now with the hand at the trochanter you have head of the femur within range of its socket, so bring the lame leg over and across the knee of the well leg; pull down slightly on the foot and as you take the lame leg off the sound knee straighten the leg out and the hip is set without a "pop" or pain, as the hand under the trochanter major has suspended sensation in the limb. This is one of many methods of setting a hip. Without going into detail further I will say that all dislocations, partial or complete, can be adjusted by this rule: First loosen the dislocated end from other tissues, then gently bring it back to its original place.”