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|CERTIFICATION
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I, James S. B. Whittenburg, President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthTronics, Inc., certify that:

|1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of HealthTronics, Inc.;
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this
report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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|4. | The  registrants  other  certifying  officer(s)  and  I are  responsible  for  establishing  and
     maintaining  disclosure  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) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

     (a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  or caused such  disclosure  controls and
     procedures to be designed  under our  supervision,  to ensure that material  information  relating to
     the registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within those
     entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

     (b) Designed such internal  control over financial  reporting,  or caused such internal  control over
     financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,  to provide reasonable  assurance regarding
     the  reliability  of financial  reporting and the  preparation  of financial  statements for external
     purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

     (c)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  registrants  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  and
     presented in this report our  conclusions  about the  effectiveness  of the  disclosure  controls and
     procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

         (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial
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 has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
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|5. | The  registrants  other  certifying  officer(s) and I have  disclosed,  based on our most recent
     evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,  to the registrants  auditors and the audit
     committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

     (a) All  significant  deficiencies  and  material  weaknesses  in the design or operation of internal
     control over financial  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely  affect the  registrants
     ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

         (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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|Date: March 11, 2008 |  | By: /s/ James S. B. Whittenburg       James S. B. Whittenburg      President and Chief Executive Officer
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