We have gone through the same diagnosis with our boy Chip.We tried restricted activity without much luck so opted for the surgery.He has totally recovered.Our vet was able to just part the muscle and remove the lesions without cutting the muscle,so his recovery time was much shorter than what we had read about.He was pretty much back to normal after 6 weeks although we didn't let him go full out for a while,more for our peace of mind than anything.We have him on a daily dose of glucosimine,MSM,and chondroitin as suggested by our vet.
