Sakura Pelvic Health
Too many people accept pelvic health symptoms as something they just have to live with. Leaking after having kids gets written off as normal. Painful periods get ignored. Children with ongoing accidents get told they'll grow out of it. And people who did try pelvic floor therapy at a busy clinic and didn't get better walk away believing therapy doesn't work, when the real problem was that the care was too rushed to get to the root of what was going on.
Sakura Pelvic Health exists because this work deserves more time, more attention, and more thoroughness than most clinical settings can offer.
Why This Practice Exists
Every session here is one-on-one in a private treatment room with the same provider start to finish. Initial evaluations are 90 minutes. Follow-ups are 60 minutes. Nobody gets handed off to an aide or assistant. Nobody gets a generic exercise sheet and a pat on the back.
We look at your whole body, not just the area where you feel symptoms. How you breathe, how you move, how you sleep, what's going on with your stress and your nervous system, old injuries you may have forgotten about. Sometimes a client comes in for leaking and we find that an old ankle injury is part of what's contributing. That kind of connection only shows up when you take the time to look at the full picture.
The goal is never to keep you coming back forever. We want you to understand what's going on in your body, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Our measure of success is a client who walks out the door feeling confident and capable of managing their own health.
How We Practice
Founder: Sarah Glesmann
Empowering your wellness journey with compassion and expertise.
Sarah Glesmann, PT, DPT is a pelvic health physical therapist and the founder of Sakura Pelvic Health in St. Paul, MN. With over 20 years of experience, she specializes in pregnancy and postpartum care, pelvic pain, bladder and bowel dysfunction, sexual health concerns, and the physical transitions of perimenopause and menopause.
Early in her career, Sarah worked in specialized pelvic health clinics in New York City alongside faculty members from the Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute, an experience that deeply shaped her clinical foundation. She went on to continue her professional growth at the University of Pittsburgh, where she joined the pelvic health team, mentored physical therapy residents, and lectured medical students on the role and benefits of pelvic floor therapy.
Sarah’s work has also extended internationally. She has taught pelvic health concepts to physical therapists in Japan and provided education to midwives in Eritrea through the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), focusing on pelvic muscle training following fistula repair surgeries.
The name “Sakura” reflects Sarah’s six years living in Japan, where she fell in love with the cherry blossoms—sakura in Japanese—and where her dream of opening her own clinic truly took shape. She created Sakura Pelvic Health to be a calm, welcoming space where clients receive one-on-one, full-hour sessions that allow time to fully understand their story. Sarah’s goal has always been to provide meaningful, hands-on care that empowers clients, honors their experiences, and supports their goals for the future.