Gary MacKenzie says he wants to get back and help the side in its relegation battle.
The 33 year-old defender made a return to action on Monday after 10 months on the sidelines - playing 45 minutes for the St Mirren Reserves in their 1-1 draw with Kilmarnock.
Gary admitted he is still a bit off but is working hard to get back to playing for the first team.
"It was good to be back out there," he told stmirren.com.
The surfaces haven't been ideal since I have been back training but it was an option to play 45 minutes of a game so I took that up.
"I'm still a bit rusty having been out so long but it was good to get some minutes under my belt and get closer to being back involved.
"It's difficult. Very little you do at the training ground replicates what you do in a match. Just simple things like timing, distances etc. so that's not really something you can work on and that's why you need games. It's a starting point for me and I'll need a couple more but it was good to be back out there.
"You're doing your rehab for the ultimate aim of being back out on the pitch, not to just stay in with the physio and be happy just training.
"You want to get a reward for the hard work you've put in to get yourself back available by being back in a competitive match."
With the club sitting bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership, Gary confessed it has been difficult to sit on the sidelines and watch.
But hopes to be available to play his part in the run-in.
It is tough," he said.
"But that's the first 45 and I'll hopefully get more over the next couple of weeks and then hopefully be back within the squad and available in the next few weeks.
"When teams are struggling it does make being out more frustrating as you want to help out. Everyone in the stand will feel the same. If you can give that extra few percent to the team it might make a difference.
"From that point of view it has been difficult sitting watching, but there are still enough games and we are not too detached.
"The aim for me is to get back into the fold and to be an option to help the boys.
"It just takes a couple of games to get the rustiness out and get yourself going again. I'll be looking forward to it and it should be an exciting run-in to see what we can do."
The big defender has played an important part at Saints since joining the club in the summer of 2016.
A miraculous final day escape from relegation to League One in his first season was followed by promotion to the Premiership the season after.
He said: "Since I have been here there's never really been any point where it has been flat come the end of the season.
"The first season we had to work right till the final whistle of the final game and then last year we won it with a couple of games to go.
"The most important thing for me is to get back and help the boys and the club hopefully stay in this division."
