Master classes on steaming with brooms in Moscow

Steaming techniques in a bathhouse

Everyone has heard about the benefits of a bathhouse with a broom, but how many of you will be able to properly use a broom in practice, in field conditions, so to speak? Of course, anyone can sit in the steam room on the bottom bunk and smack themselves on the back, legs and arms, but how much benefit does such chaotic actions have? The purpose of this article is to analyze various techniques for manipulating a broom and the conditions under which they are performed in order to get the maximum benefit from visiting a bathhouse, in other words, to teach how to steam properly.

Preparing yourself for the steam room correctly

You need to go to the steam room prepared. What does it mean?

First, you need to rinse yourself in the shower with warm water, 36-40 degrees. Thus, you begin to gradually adapt your body to higher temperature loads. At the same time, you should not use soap or rub yourself with a washcloth; you can wait until you finish your visits to the steam room. Then you will wash yourself from the heart. And before going in, you don’t need to: you will wipe off the lipid layer from the skin, which plays an important role as a protective barrier.

Secondly , we put a felt bath hat on our head. It is best to do this immediately upon arrival so as not to wet your hair in the shower. Do not forget that you cannot go into the steam room with wet hair - there is a high risk of heat stroke. And if the hat gets slightly wet (of course, you shouldn’t get it wet), then this is only a plus: it will be cooler in a couple’s head.

Thirdly , don’t forget to take a bath mat or towel with you, which we will lay under ourselves (if you have tender feet, don’t forget about felt slippers).

Fourthly , brooms. We select those that we are going to use, inspect the foliage to see if there are many bare twigs. We take them with us to the steam room, where they need to be placed in a steamer, pour boiling water over them and cover with a lid. You won’t need them on the first run, but by the second they’ll be properly worn out.

The benefits and harms of baths

Those who regularly visit the bathhouse protect themselves from many diseases and illnesses:

Joint and muscle pain
Hypertension
Vegetovascular dystonia and migraine
Diseases of the kidneys and genitourinary system
Respiratory diseases
Flabbiness of the skin

Unfortunately, not everyone can go to the bathhouse, because there are restrictions and contraindications for health reasons . So, those who have:

Oncological diseases
Heart problems
Epileptic seizures
Period of exacerbation of chronic respiratory diseases

Steam room, first run

This is still a preparatory stage. During the first visit, we continue to adapt the body to new conditions. The most suitable temperature for this is 60°C. Usually this is the temperature of the lower tier in a well-heated Russian bath. This is where you need to sit down to begin with, sit quietly (you can also lie down) and take a good breath, gradually taking deeper and deeper breaths. At the same time, you will feel how every minute the air is saturated with the aroma of steaming brooms (for gourmets, you can also add a special steamer). The optimal duration of the first run is up to 10 minutes (for beginners, five is enough). During this time, you will feel your heartbeat quicken, profuse sweating begins, your skin turns red - it’s time to take a break.

While resting for 20-30 minutes, it is very useful to drink hot tea with honey, lemon or mint. Fruit drinks, juices, kvass are very good (just not cold ones!). Before re-entering the steam room (and all subsequent ones), you should again take a warm shower.

Second approach, with a broom

Repeated entry may take longer – up to 15 minutes. And the temperature may be higher, so you need to be located on the second tier. After lying relaxed for 3-5 minutes and warming up as expected, a person is completely ready for massage procedures using a broom, and you can safely begin. We have already noted that giving yourself a massage is inconvenient and ineffective, so it is always good to have a smart partner nearby who understands a real Russian bathhouse. In the hands of an experienced steamer, a broom can work wonders. There is a lot to learn from such a specialist, and you will have to do it: after all, you need to repay the debt in the same coin, and it will be your turn to do a massage. Now let's try to figure out what, in fact, can and should be done with a broom, what manipulations?

Basic rules when visiting the bathhouse

It is strongly recommended to start bathing procedures no earlier than two hours after the last meal. Before taking a steam bath, you should not drink a lot of liquid, especially alcohol, it is categorically unacceptable in this situation.
Before planning to visit the steam room, you should have a good rest and relieve fatigue after exhausting physical activity. But after prolonged mental work, you can steam immediately.
Avoid unnecessary fuss . A favorable emotional atmosphere should reign in the steam room; only then can nervous tension be relieved.
A carefully selected broom of leaves and branches should be steamed in a container of boiling water. In the shower room, you should rinse with warm water, but do not wet your head or rub it with soap.
Before entering the steam room, you need to wash in the shower. Then you need to wipe yourself dry with the towel you brought and you can enter the steam room.
Place a large towel on the shelf, because it often gets very hot; you can also use a special saddle for this purpose. They are placed on the shelf in such a way that the legs are raised on the stand and are above head level.
If the temperature in the steam room is approximately 90 degrees and the humidity is 10%, then the optimal time spent in the room will be no more than ten minutes . Then they organize a short break in the dressing room, usually no more than 15 minutes. After the second and third entry, a cold shower or swimming in a cool pool is required. At the end there is rest in a supine position.
Rushing in bathing matters is not encouraged. If it is possible to adjust the heating so that when the door is closed the temperature is around 60 degrees, then you can sit for 5 minutes in a relaxed state. After opening the door, slowly increase the temperature for 15 minutes. The temperature regime at different levels of the steam room is different, so in the first minutes you should sit on the lower tiers, and then go up to other benches. The lying position best promotes uniform distribution of heat throughout the body, with the legs placed on a support. Once you feel that your body has sweated enough, you need to leave the steam room to rinse and rest for five minutes.
For the second entry into the steam room you will need a broom. To increase the heat, hot water is poured onto the stones in small portions. If the bath is well heated and dry enough, then such manipulation should not increase the air temperature, only the formation of vapor increases. When the humidity is high, the heavy air can cause breathing difficulties; you should not steam in such conditions. In this case, it is advisable to maintain the correct moisture and temperature parameters: when the thermometer readings are 70–90 degrees, the humidity should not exceed 30–40%.
The hand with the moistened broom is held at the ceiling for several minutes. It is important to hit the body with a broom correctly so as not to cause pain, and worse, damage the skin. The body being whipped warms up, and blood circulation in the organs and tissues increases. When leaving the steam room, you need to take the broom away, because it can quickly wither. A dried out broom is dipped into water. However, it is worth considering the fact that an excessively wet broom will make the air humid with its splashes. To avoid burns, use mittens made of thick fabric, and put a woolen hat on your head.
It is recommended to steam not alone, but with a partner . One lies face down on the bench, and the other makes swings and blows with a broom. The broom acts as a fan. It blows layers of hot air from the feet, following through the legs to the back, until the first drops of sweat appear. The procedure is then repeated with the person lying on his back. During the second pass, you can start whipping your partner, adjusting the strength of the blows depending on the temperature: the lower the temperature, the stronger the blow. Having finished steaming, you should not immediately leave the steam room; you need to get down to the lower benches and take a short breath. After this, go under a stream of warm water and cool down.

A few more recommendations

While in the steam room, they breathe not through their nose, but through their mouth. The number of times you enter the steam room and the time spent there is determined based on the person’s well-being and health. Three sessions of 15 minutes each, with a rest period of the same amount of time, would be optimal.
As soon as you feel general malaise, difficulty breathing, feel dizzy or your heart is beating strongly, you should immediately stop steaming and leave the steam room.
During the last visit, you need to use a broom less than in previous times. 3–5 minutes is enough . It is important to thoroughly warm up the body if after all the steamer has to plunge into cold water or dive into a snowdrift. Cooling procedures should be short, because there is always a risk of getting sick from hypothermia.
Once cooled down, you should take a contrast shower and dry off in the waiting room. Only wipe your head with a towel, because rubbing with a cloth can cause sweating. Until the sweat disappears, you should not wear underwear or outerwear.
After the steam room you always want to drink. You can quench your thirst with clean drinking water, fruit juices or kvass. A cup of hot tea will be a good end to your relaxation in the bathhouse. What you should be wary of is cold beer and other alcoholic drinks.
For people watching their weight and wanting to lose extra pounds, abstaining from liquids for two hours is recommended.

Massage techniques using a broom

First of all, learn how to work with two brooms. This massage technique is the most effective. Hands with brooms move alternately with the required intensity and impact force, while the brooms are directed not parallel, but crosswise. Thus, one area of the body receives a double blow. Using two brooms, stroke along the body and circular massage of individual areas, when the hands, squeezing the handles, describe circles in the opposite direction. Some techniques involve synchronous movement of the hands, for example, when pumping hot steam to heated areas of the body.

Let's try to describe all the known methods of manipulating a broom in a steam room:

Plowing or warming up. The broom captures the most heated steam from the ceiling and, with swinging movements, directs it to the body of the steamer, barely touching the skin. Warming usually begins with the feet, pushing hot steam towards them, and gradually moves along the legs, buttocks, lower back, back, and so on up to the neck-shoulder girdle;
Shaking. The broom is shaken vigorously several times under the ceiling of the steam room to heat it up and then the hot leaves are quickly and briefly (1-2 seconds) pressed against different parts of the body: feet, legs, lower back, shoulder blades, neck, shoulders;
Whiplash. Quite noticeable biting blows with a broom with an amplitude of up to 1 m. This technique is especially effective when working alternately with two brooms;
Compress. The bathhouse attendant lifts the broom up to warm it up, and then quickly applies it to the body of the steamer and presses it on top with his hand in a mitten for 4-5 seconds. An extremely effective method, especially for the prevention of radiculitis and osteochondrosis. They start, as always, with the feet. It is believed that warming up the feet triggers the acceleration of metabolism. Particular attention is paid to problem areas: lumbar region, spine, neck, shoulder joints, forearms;
Stroking. A well-heated broom with slight pressure is slowly passed along the entire body from the feet to the neck and this technique is repeated several times. Stroking is performed in the same way on the hands and even on the face;
Quilting. This technique consists of a combination of alternating stroking and whipping. Once you get used to it, this type of massage is also more convenient to perform with two brooms.

Possessing such a rich arsenal of various techniques, an experienced bathhouse attendant can not only improve your well-being, invigorate and lift your spirits, but also put a real barrier to the development of many diseases. And you, having adopted this skill, will also be able to bring a lot of pleasure and benefit to other people.

After the massage, do not rush to get up from the bench, lie down and rest for 2-3 minutes. Only then slowly, without making sudden movements, rise and leave the steam room. In the bathhouse, everything should be done slowly.

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