If a person breaks his or her neck or back, the spinal cord is always damaged?



Answers:
Not always. There is usually trauma to the spinal cord, but it's often just bruising and with the right treatment and stabilization of the fracture, it heals and the patient makes a full recovery.

Sometimes there is no paralysis at all.
no ,not always.
no there are many types of fracture that can occur to the spine just like any bone the fracture has to cause a piece of bone that protrudes into the spinal canal or the fracture can cause instability leading to shear forces damaging the spinal cord,
if a person "breaks" their neck or their back, it IS the spinal cord thats damaged. Your spinal cord is your neck, back, and tailbone. So safe to say your answer is yes. (what are all you people thinking?)

Did you mean is the damage permanent?

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