Dr. Barton N. Bishop
PT, DPT, CKTP, SCS, TPI CGFI-MP2, CSCS
Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy
Titleist Performance Institute Certified Golf Fitness Instructor
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists
Certified in Graston Technique
Certified Kinesiotape Practitioner
Chief Clinical Officer, Sport and Spine Rehab
Clinical Instructor of the Year (2007), Shenandoah University
BBishop@ssrehab.com
Dr. Bishop graduated from Creighton University in Omaha, NE, with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2003. His undergraduate work was also at Creighton, where he majored in Chemistry. While at Creighton, Dr. Bishop played Division I collegiate golf, and he has further studied the biomechanics of the golf swing and sports physical therapy. He has experience treating professional golfers, baseball players, soccer players, and elite college and high school athletes of all types.
In 2007, Dr. Bishop successfully passed the exam to become a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (SCS – ABPTS). He is one of the few in the region to earn this distinction, which demonstrates superior knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of athletes.
Dr. Bishop has been a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA – CSCS) since 2003.
Dr. Bishop focuses his care on the rehabilitation of extremity and spine injuries and pain using activity and sport-specific techniques.
In addition, Dr. Bishop has extensive experience lecturing to government and private agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Senate, Team In Training and the National MS Society regarding prevention and treatment of sports injuries, deskercise, carpal tunnel syndrome, low back pain, and knee pain. He has also been an invited presentor in international physical therapy conferences from the United States to India to Italy.
Dr. Bishop is also a Certified Clinical Instructor from the American Physical Therapy Association and serves as a Clinical Instructor to students from the University of Maryland, Shenandoah University, and the University of South Carolina. Recently, Dr. Bishop was named the Clinical Instructor of the Year for Shenandoah University.
Dr. Bishop is licensed to practice physical therapy in the state of Maryland by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in the Commonwealth of Virginia by the Department of Health Professions, and in the District of Columbia by the Department of Health.
Dr. Bishop lives with his wife, Alla, and daughter, Katerina, in Rockville, MD, where she is a senior manager and consultant for Deloitte.
Dr. Bishop enjoys playing golf, watching his Nebraska Cornhuskers on TV, and traveling all over the world with his wife and daughter.