New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Living life on the sidelines MUM’S FIGHT FOR HIP SURGERY

There’s nothing mum-of-two Ange Kalogeropoulos loves more than stretching out in a series of yoga poses under a morning sky in the South Wairarapa before starting the day.

But over the past few years, the former music manager has been unable to do yoga, and her physical and mental health have gradually crumbled because of a debilitating hip condition.

Due to a soft-tissue tear in her hip joint, Ange now struggles to walk more than 500 metres. Worse, she has been declined

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