Treatments exist for scoliosis, but not all scoliosis patients need treatment. The age of the patient, the degree of curvature, the rapidity of change in the curvature and the maturity of the skeleton are all factored into a treatment plan. A young person without a pronounced spinal curve might get by with a back brace. A larger curve can call for corrective surgery. Formerly, doctors thought that scoliosis does not progress after bones mature.
Some curves continue to increase throughout life.
Your daughter is not too old to have surgery if she needs it. The need hinges on how large her curve is, how it affects her health and how much it progresses year by year. Older people are less likely to require treatment than are children. She has recently developed some strange habits. When she enters a room, she touches the wall.