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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 10, 2009 |  | By: /s/ James S. B. Whittenburg       James S. B. Whittenburg      President and Chief Executive Officer
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