Pythonic way to recalculate feature extent in ArcGIS 10.2

I am creating a tool that will automate a tedious process of data standardization. One of the steps is to recalculate the feature extent of a SDE file. Surprisingly I cannot find anything useful in regards to recalculating feature extent, except for a VBA script here: Recalculating full extent of File Geodatabase feature class? and a tool here: http://ift.tt/1FZr74L. Unfortunately I don't know VBA well enough to understand fully what is going on or how to incorporate it into my existing Python script, nor do I know how to call an add-in. Also I will not be the only one using this tool and I'd rather avoid making everyone who uses the tool download the add-in. I've heard about reboxing but it doesn't seem like it's used anymore. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do or how to use the VBA script in my Python script?