That puts a lot less strain on your wrists and shoulders than sweeping the snow side to side, as you have to do with a brush fixed parallel to the handle. And the broom bristles themselves are ...

Use a broom to brush them clean instead ... “Just trim the bristles and keep on sweeping,” says Taylor.

The brush head is the business end of any broom ... An angle broom used for sweeping a hardwood floor and a broom for sweeping leaves off the porch really should be kept separate.