Check the "Baumann procedure" (Isolated recession of the gastrocnemius muscle)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18021583
You have to diagnose which tendons are involved (superficial/deep, or both). depending on this finding you can practice a tenotomy at mid-metacarpus/tarsus. during surgery you can decide if it's enough to cut just one tendon, both or going even deeper cutting down to the suspensory ligament. In very severe cases also a tenotomy at the carpal level must be done. check these papers:
-Surgical treatment of congenital arthrogryposis in 38 calves
-Tenotomy of carpal and digital flexor tendons for correction of congenital neuromyodysplasia in a calf
Book: farma animal surgery-Fubini
normally sedation and local anesthesia are sufficient to perform the procedure
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