A folding cervical vertebra protective band which includes a belt-like protective band body having a length and a width for substantially surrounding an entirety of a cervical portion of a user and an attachable/detachable fixing means for holding the protective band body, when in use, around the cervical portion, wherein the protective band body has divided components obtained as a result of multiple divisions of the protective band body in a longitudinal direction thereof and also has hinge portions for foldably coupling the multiple divided components to each other when in use and foldably coupling the multiple components together, into a small size when not in use.
