Welcome to
Pacific Hand Therapy
Looking for a hand and upper limb therapist near you? Pacific Hand Therapy is conveniently located in Dee Why, proudly servicing its local community as well as the neighbouring suburbs of Dee Why, Beacon Hill, North Curl Curl, Naraweena and Cromer. All of our practices are committed to the best possible patient outcome. Our practices work closely with many hand units and surgeons across Sydney and are proud of these strong relationships.
Our Team
Alana Thomakos (nee Mastroianni)
Physiotherapist, Accredited Hand Therapist (AHTA), Certified Hand Therapist (USA)
Phty, AHT, CHT
Alana graduated from Australian Catholic University with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2020. She started her career working at Royal North Shore Hospital, gaining experience in many different areas including Intensive Care, Musculoskeletal, Neuro, Orthopaedics and Fracture Clinic. She is an Accredited Hand Therapist as awarded by the Australian Hand Therapy Association and has also achieved the qualification of Certified Hand Therapist (USA).
Alana has many years of experience treating a wide range of hand and upper limb injuries. She particularly enjoys helping people recover from traumatic injuries and treating paediatric patients.
Outside of work Alana enjoys waterskiing and spending time with her big family!
Alana consults from Pacific Hand Therapy and Northern Beaches Hand Therapy.
Davide Tieppo
Physiotherapist
BPhty, Grad Cert Sports Physio
Davide graduated from LaTrobe University in 2009 with a Bachelor in Physiotherapy and went on to complete a Graduate Certificate in Sports Physiotherapy in 2013. Since graduating, Davide has always had an interest in the upper limb and has worked in a variety of private practice, hospital and sports settings (in both Melbourne and London). In 2020, he found his passion for hand therapy, and has been developing and expanding his knowledge on the subject ever since.
Emma Douglass
Occupational Therapist, Accredited Hand Therapist (AHTA), Certified Hand Therapist (USA)
B.OccTh
Emma graduated from Australian Catholic University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy. Emma initially started her career working in the public hospital sector in various areas including Acute Stroke Unit, Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation, Intensive Care and Aged Care. Emma transitioned into working full time in hand therapy in 2022.
Joanna McGlashan
Occupational Therapist
Joanna completed a Bachelor of Occupational therapy with First Class Honours from University of Newcastle in 2018. Since graduating she has gained experience across a range of settings including working in aged care community services, outpatient rehabilitation and paediatric occupational therapy. Joanna has a strong interest in treating hand conditions and injuries. She is completing further study to extend her skills and expertise, working alongside leading hand surgeons and therapists.
Outside of work, she enjoys ocean swimming and walking her dog.
Joanna consults at Northern Beaches Hand Therapy and Pacific Hand Therapy in Dee Why.
Joel Valentine
Hand Therapist
Hi, I’m Joel, a Hand Therapist who loves helping people feel their best. I am a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, and an Associate member of the Australian Hand Therapy Association. I love the complex anatomy of the fingers, and enjoy helping people get back to what it is they love to do. When I’m not at work, I’m usually on the tennis court or in the park reading a book..
Veronica Sifri
Admin staff
Veronica has joined hand therapy group 2 years ago in 2024. Being an Admin staff has given me a great opportunity to know and help people in different ways.
What I enjoy most is to bask in nature when I go walking in the early mornings, have coffee and spend time with my family and friends.
Meggin Teale
Hand Therapist
Meggin graduated as an Occupational Therapist from Australian Catholic University in 2020.
She gained experience working within a hospital rehabilitation setting before developing her hand therapy skills in a private hand therapy practice in Wagga Wagga.
Meggin joined the Hand Therapy Group in 2023, where she worked for almost a year before venturing to London. While overseas, she worked in hand therapy across various major public and private London hospitals, managing caseloads of traumatic and complex upper limb conditions in fast-paced, high-pressure environments and liaising closely with hand surgeons.
Recently, Meggin has settled back in Sydney and rejoined the Hand Therapy Group. She has a strong interest in treating hand conditions and is currently working towards her hand therapy accreditation with AHTA.
Outside of work, Meggin enjoys running and hiking, and this year plans to join a football team for the first time.
Pacific Hand Therapy has been established on the Northern Beaches for more than 20 years.
Looking for a New South Wales hand and upper limb therapist near you? Pacific Hand Therapy is conveniently located in Dee Why, proudly servicing its local community as well as the neighbouring suburbs of Dee Why, Beacon Hill, North Curl Curl, Naraweena and Cromer. All of our practices are committed to the best possible patient outcome. Our practices work closely with many hand units and surgeons across Sydney and are proud of these strong relationships.
We pride ourselves in offering patients the latest evidence-based treatment approach in hand therapy, information, equipment and administrative services.
The practice is considered a centre of excellence for hand surgery and therapy, receiving referrals from consultant hand surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, rheumatologists, general practitioners and physiotherapists.
In 2018 we moved to new consulting rooms at the Kingsway, allowing us to continue to provide quality hand therapy care to patients on the northern beaches of Sydney. Pacific Hand Therapy renewed its Physiotherapy Accreditation with QIP in 2017.
Pacific Hand Therapy is an Accredited Physiotherapy Practice.
