HealthTronics Named to Forbes List of the 200 Best Small Companies

According to Forbes, the list features "solid and consistenthitters that have performed well when measured over the last 12 monthsand the past five years, and are poised for another growth spurt." Tobe considered for the list, companies must have revenue of between $5million and $750 million, net profit margins must be greater than 5%,and share prices must be above $5 as of September 29, 2005. Thisyear's Forbes list can be viewed online athttp://images.forbes.com/lists/2005/23/htm/filter.html?sort=2.

John Q. Barnidge, Senior Vice President and CFO of HealthTronics,commented, "All of us at HealthTronics are proud to be recognized byForbes and included on this esteemed list. Our inclusion is atestament to the hard work of our employees, as well as theachievements and future prospects of our Company."

About HealthTronics, Inc.

HealthTronics provides healthcare services, primarily to theurology community, and manufactures medical devices as well asspecialty vehicles used for the transport of high technology medicaland broadcast & communications equipment. For more information, visitwww.healthtronics.com.

Statements by HealthTronics' management in this press release thatare not strictly historical, including statements regarding plans,objective and future financial performance, are "forward-looking"statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of thePrivate Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. AlthoughHealthTronics believes that the expectations reflected in suchforward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be giventhat the expectations will prove to be correct. Factors that couldcause actual results to differ materially from HealthTronics'expectations include, among others, the existence of demand for andacceptance of HealthTronics' services, economic conditions, the impactof competition and pricing, financing efforts and other factorsdescribed from time to time in HealthTronics' periodic filings withthe Securities and Exchange Commission.