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Inclusion Criteria: * All newly injured patients with SCI who are sequentially admitted during the 42-month recruitment period * Meet the following Model Systems entry criteria with evidence of BP instability * Exhibit one or more of the following: Resting hypotension - systolic BP ≤ 110 mmHg for males or ≤ 100 mmHg for females; OH - fall in systolic BP ≥ 20 mmHg and/or a fall in diastolic BP ≥ 10 mmHg within 10 minutes of assuming an upright position; BP instability - fluctuation in systolic BP ≥ 20 mmHg and/or fluctuation in diastolic BP ≥ 10 mmHg within a single day during routine activities in the AIR setting. * Have trouble with your blood pressure as determined by your doctor. * Participants must be between the ages of 18-89 years old, experienced a spinal cord injury (SCI) within the past 30 days to 6 months, have sustained a SCI with temporary or permanent loss of sensory and/or motor function, and are an inpatient for acute SCI rehabilitation therapy at Mount Sinai. * You are not dependent on a ventilator at this time. * You do not have a history of implanted pacemaker/defibrillator or significant coronary artery disease. Exclusion Criteria: * Implanted brain/spine/nerve stimulators, cochlear implants, cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator, or intracardiac lines * Open skin lesions on or near the electrode placement sites (neck, upper back) * Significant coronary artery or cardiac conduction disease * Recent history of myocardial infarction * Insufficient mental capacity to understand and independently provide consent * Pregnancy * Cancer * Deemed unsuitable by study physician As part of the feasibility assessment, the study team will document demographic and injury characteristics of eligible patients who refuse enrollment, as well as reasons for ineligibility among those who do not meet entrance criteria.