**Exhibit 31.1**I, Dan W. Gladney, Chief Executive Officer of Compex Technologies, Inc., certify that:1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Compex Technologies, Inc.;2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in lightof the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to theperiod covered by this quarterly report;3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included inthis quarterly report fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition, resultsof operations and cash flows of Compex Technologies, Inc. as of, and for, the periods presentedin this report;4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controlsand procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterlyreport is being prepared;b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internalcontrol over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and proceduresand presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based onsuch evaluation; andd) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter(the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; and5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and theaudit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions): a) all significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likelyto adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, andreport financial information; and  b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the internal controls of the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting.     Date: February 8, 2006           /s/ Dan W. Gladney Signature    Name: Dan W. Gladney    Title: Chief Executive Officer