| | Exhibit 32.1
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|Certification of
                                              Chief Executive Officer
                                              of HealthTronics, Inc.
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|This certification is provided pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and accompanies the
annual report on Form 10-K (the Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2008 of HealthTronics, Inc., a
Georgia corporation (the Issuer).

I, James S.B. Whittenburg, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer, certify that to the best of
my knowledge:
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| | (i) | the Form 10-K fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)); and
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| | (ii) | the information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and
results of operations of the Issuer.
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Dated:  March 10, 2009

| | /s/ James S. B. Whittenburg

James S. B. Whittenburg
                                                     President and Chief Executive Officer
                                                     HealthTronics, Inc.
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|The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
and is not being filed as part of the Form 10-K or as a separate disclosure document.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating,
acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of
this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Issuer and will be retained by the
Issuer and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
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