Bernstein inequalities and inverse theorems are a recent development in the theory of radial basis function(RBF) approximation. The purpose of this paper is to extend what is known by deriving $L^p$ Bernstein inequalities for RBF networks on $mathbb{R}^d$. These inequalities involve bounding a Bessel-potential norm of an RBF network by its corresponding $L^p$ norm in terms of the separation radius associated with the network. The Bernstein inequalities will then be used to prove the corresponding inverse theorems.