Stroke patients get a boost from boot camp

Physical therapy student Delilah Zimmerman, left, passes a basketball with stroke patient Jack Fultcher during the Chapman University department of physical therapy’s annual boot camp at the Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine.

Takaki Tsuge, 52, practices routine kitchen activities at the life skills station with physical therapy student Chloe Sandoval during the Chapman University department of physical therapy’s annual boot camp at the Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine. Tsuge had two strokes two years ago.

Willie Bahani, 66, uses a foam bar to reach a point on a mirror with the help of physical therapy students Edgar Vargas, left, and Phillip Lee during the Chapman University department of physical therapy’s annual boot camp at the Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine.

Takaki Tsuge, 52, practices routine kitchen activities at the life skills station with physical therapy student Chloe Sandoval during the Chapman University department of physical therapy’s annual boot camp.

Stroke patient Jack Fultcher shoots a basketball over the head of physical therapy student Delilah Zimmerman, left, as Professor Alison McKenzie looks on during the Chapman University department of physical therapy’s annual boot camp at the Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine.

Physical therapy student Delilah Zimmerman plays basketball with stroke patient Jack Fultcher, 56, during the Chapman University department of physical therapy’s annual boot camp at the Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine.

Takaki Tsuge, 52, left, practices routine kitchen activities at the life skills station with faculty member Roma Santos during the Chapman University department of physical therapy’s annual boot camp at the Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine.

Boot camp participant Jim Eklund, 66, stands on a surfboard to test his balance with the help of physical therapy students Salvador Abiera, left, and Bettina Nagy, far right, during the Chapman University department of physical therapy’s annual boot camp at the Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine.

Physical therapy students help a stroke patient, in middle, at the gait station, during the Chapman University department of physical therapy’s annual boot camp at the Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine.  (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)