The Gers grabbed a precious win against Ross County with a nervy and hard-fought 3-1 triumph in Dingwall yesterday.
Alfredo Morelos grabbed a double while Mexican Eduardo Herrera notched his first goal for the Ibrox club.
At 2-0, Rangers conceded a goal to Thomas Mikkelsen and County’s tails were up, but Caixinha claimed his team deserve credit for getting over the line.
He said: “Games like this teach us that it’s about winning.
“Sometimes you need to suffer if you can’t play the best way.
“Back to winning ways is the most important thing.
We didn’t control the game by having the ball so that’s something we need to analyse
Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha
“I was pleased with the first half but I didn’t like the way we lost the goal in the second half.
“That also led to the momentum of the game shifting.
“We didn’t control the game by having the ball so that’s something we need to analyse with the boys.”
Caixinha will now return to Portugal for a short break, but director of football Mark Allen is in charge of finding last-minute recruits before Thursday’s deadline.
Jamie Walker of Hearts remains a target and other loan moves could be in the pipeline.
The manager added: “Mark will be in charge. We know what we want and we hope to do it.”
Caixinha praised Morelos and Herrera for their confidence-boosting goals that sees Rangers now sit three points behind Celtic and St Johnstone, and five adrift of table-topping Aberdeen.
He said: “Alfredo is a goalscorer and will continue to score goals. Strikers live for goals and Herrera needed this because he is a hard worker and is desperate to score.”
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Jim McIntyre’s County side didn’t turn up in the first half and the second goal for Gers was a gift from home keeper Scott Fox.
McIntyre was angry at his team for not showing their best and lacking belief before a second-half rally.
He said: “There are ways to lose a game, but in that first half we seemed to lack belief.
“While I praised the boys for the first half at Motherwell being the best they’ve played under me, that first half against Rangers was probably the worst in my time as boss.
“Scott made a glaring mistake. He should have dealt with it, but he’s saved us plenty times in the past and we get on with it.”
County skipper Andrew Davies added: “The first half was poor and that’s where we lost the game. I thought the lads were off it.
“Rangers are a good team but Celtic are still miles ahead. But they’ve got good players and they seem to have a good manager and I’m sure they will move on.”