Yeah, that's to be expected, Cun. Of all your body's muscle groups, the abs are the ones that you want to be the most careful with since that's where the pain can hit you the hardest.
My experience is that a light workout on a sore muscle will help more than anything. Don't do that before you've recovered a bit, though. When you're feeling up to it, work out your abs again, but do it real easy. Some easy crunches on a stability ball would be good for starters. Work those muscles back up gradually after that and slowly increase the reps to where you feel you should be.
If the pain's not going away after a few days, see a doctor for a muscle relaxant. If you pull a muscle badly enough, sometimes they won't stretch back out on their own. They have milder relaxants that won't make you loopy. I had to do that once when I severely over-worked my quads and the pain wouldn't go away. They'll probably prescribe a prescription strength ibuprofen or similar along with it.
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