My Concord April 2024

APRIL 27, 2024

The people, businesses and events of the Capital City

CHECK IT OUT: The 32nd Annual Fallen Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony will be held near the State House on Friday, May 17. The 22nd Annual Rock ‘N Race hosted by Concord Hospital Payson Center for Cancer Care will be Wednesday, May 8 at 6 p.m. at the State House in downtown Concord.

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AROUND THE CITY Scenes from Concord

Ritchie Philbrick practices fending off his brother Ronnie’s punches during their boxing class at Averill's Boxing in downtown Concord. No actual punches land during classes.

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Axel Laperle (right), 6, looks up at the eclipse in the middle of a soccer field on the campus of NHTI in Concord with his cousin, Logan Lavoie, and his grandparents, Lynn and Douglas Laperle as the light dimmed and it reached the maximum coverage on Monday, April 8.

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Merrimack Valley High School senior Natalie DeGreenia holds up one of her crossword puzzles she has created for her senior project.

Abrai Shaikh prays before the Eid al-Fitr service at the IQRA Islamic Society of Greater Concord on April 10. Eid alFitr is one of two major holidays celebrated by Muslims and commemorates the end of the holy month.

Senator Jeb Bradley holds up a copy of the Concord Monitor that was in the time capsule at the former DOJ building on North State Street.

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Your Golden Years Should Be Golden While in school she watched as her grandmother began to suffer from peripheral neuropathy. “Your golden years should be golden, not plagued with insufferable pain while doctors and specialists tell you there is nothing they can do.” Understanding that Eastern Medicine excels where Western Medicine fails, Dr. Markwith set forth to develop treatment protocols for all variations of Peripheral Neuropathy (including diabetic and chemotherapy-induced) and now has a 90% success rate in treating this once difficult to manage condition.

“I was tired of seeing the older generation suffer unnecessarily,” shares Dr. Markwith.

“Diagnosing them as ‘just getting older’ and giving them a treatment plan of ‘you’re just going to have to get used to it’ has never sat well with me so I wanted to offer them a real option for treatment and care.”

The Magic Of Compassionate Care And what do those in her care have to say? “Dr. Markwith looked me in my eyes and wanted to know about me, not just my condition. I feel like a person, not just a patient,” shares Mike.

“In fact I don’t think she ever used the word patient.”

Dr. Kristen Markwith has a long personal history in complicated, difficult conditions, and understands how tragic it can all be if left untreated.

“I have sat where my patients sit during their initial consultation. I’ve experienced their pain and suffering in a very real way. I know the frustration of feeling hopeless on an intimate level.

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“This is why I often refer to my practice as ‘The Last Resort With The Best Results.’

You’ve been everywhere else and been given the same disheartening prognosis, prescribed the same medications, and told: ‘This is just something you’re going to have to learn to live with.’”

Soon after her incredible experience with the healing arts, she made the life changing decision to pursue her doctorate in acupuncture. “Acupuncture quite literally saved my life and I wanted to share that with the world,” she proclaims.

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As you can imagine, Spring and Fall were especially rough. It wasn’t until her primary care doctor sent her to an acupuncturist that she found real relief.

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Being that migraine is one of those complicated conditions that is not fully understood, Dr. Markwith’s options were prescription medications that did not work and lifestyle changes to limit triggers that could cause migraine. “It was no way to live,” she shares. “I was young and should’ve been living a bright, vibrant life. Instead I was monitoring my daily caffeine intake, avoiding long exposure to fluorescent lights, and doing my best to prepare for changing weather conditions.

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